Ragtime - West End Creative Team

Lynn Ahrens' writing spans the Broadway stage, feature film and network television. She won the Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards and received two Grammy nominations as lyricist of the Broadway musical Ragtime; in the same year, she received two Academy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations and a Gold Record for Twentieth Century Fox's animated feature film Anastasia. She wrote book and lyrics for Seussical (Grammy nomination, one of the most performed shows in America); Once On This Island (London Olivier Award, Best Musical, Tony nominations for Best Book and Score); Lincoln Center Theater's The Glorious Ones ... read more Stephen Flaherty writes music for theater, film, recordings and the concert stage. He is perhaps best known as the composer of the Broadway musicals Ragtime (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Grammy nominations), Seussical (Grammy and Drama Desk nominations), Once on This Island (Tony nomination, Olivier Award for London's Best Musical), and also contributed music to Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (original songs) and Neil Simon's Proposals (incidental music). He has also written four musicals produced at Lincoln Center Theatre: The Glorious Ones (Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations), Dessa Rose (Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk ... read more Born in Wrexham, North Wales, Jordan trained at The Royal Academy Of Music (PGDip), where he was kindly supported by the Sir Elton John Scholarship and Help Musicians UK. He studied Piano & Voice at the RNCM and trained as a performer at The Hammond, Chester. Jordan is a proud alumnus of the National Youth Music Theatre. He is the artistic director of the newly founded, Jord&Co. Productions. As musical director: Ragtime (Charing Cross Theatre), Through The Mill (Southwark Playhouse), Amour (UK Premiere, also Additional Orchestrations. BroadwayWorld West End/UK Nomination for Best Musical Direction, Fringe/Regional), Desperate Measures (Jermyn Street ... read more